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1 Birr - Menelik II Pattern

Issuer Ethiopia
Year 1892
Type Coin pattern
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Obverse description Plain, unadorned field with no central device, surrounded by a continuous circular legend in Ge'ez script reading the full royal titulature of Menelik II. The inscription runs along the full circumference of the coin, set within a beaded border. The absence of a central effigy is characteristic of this pattern type, with the legend serving as the sole decorative and identifying element.
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Reverse script Ge'ez
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Edge Plain
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